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1553

By all accounts an exceptionally intelligent young woman, Lady Jane Grey has the misfortune of attaining the throne of England at a time when Catholics and Protestants are waging merciless power plays. She will last a scant nine days as queen before being imprisoned and later executed..

(1913) Aptly named Death Valley sizzles with record-smashing high

With hot spots like ‘Furnace Creek’ and ‘The Devil’s Golf Course,’ California’s Death Valley doesn’t surprise with a mercury rise, but the temperature today tops out at 134° F, the highest ever recorded on Earth, and a record that will stand more than a century later. .

(1925) Evolution goes on trial in Tennessee

Renowned lawyer Clarence Darrow defends John Scopes for the crime of teaching the theory of evolution, and former US Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan is counsel to the prosecution in a highly publicized and contentious court case that’s quickly branded ‘the Monkey Trial.’.

(1940) Germany’s Luftwaffe launches air attacks on Britain

Britons begin watching the skies as Hitler unleashes the destructive force of the Luftwaffe’s aerial bombers against Germany’s final unconquered European foe in the ‘Kanalkampf,’ or Channel battles. The Battle of Britain will move inland with raids on cities and civilians just two months later. .

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